If you are moving some of your content from your business WordPress page to Tumblr, you can use a redirect plugin to divert visitors to your new website. Visitors are redirected to Tumblr with only a split-second delay. This is especially important if other websites have added links to your old page. You can then take your time and manually change your own links from the old WordPress page to your new Tumblr page. If you have a lot of posts and pages containing links, there's a quick way to find them all by using Google to do a search of your website.

Redirecting a WordPress Page to Tumblr

Log in to your WordPress website admin dashboard, and click "Appearance" in the left menu. Click "Plugins" in the left menu and then select "Add New." Type "Redirect" in the search field and click the "Search Plugins" button. A list of redirect plugins appears.

Read the plugin descriptions and ratings. For more information on each plugin, click the "Details" link beneath the name. Select a plugin that can redirect posts and pages. At the time of publication, some highly-rated plugins include Redirect, Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin and Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin.

Click the "Install Now" link beneath the plugin, and follow the developer's instructions for redirecting a post or page. Specific instructions vary with each plugin.

Navigate to the page you want to redirect to Tumblr, and copy its URL from the address field of your browser. Copy this in the redirect plugin's request URL field. Type or paste the URL for your Tumblr page into the plugin's destination field.

Changing Your WordPress Links

Locate all of the posts and pages on your WordPress site that link to the old page. A quick way to do this is to type the link name in Google followed by "site:" and your website URL. For example, if the page link is called "New Product Photos," type the following into Google's search field: "new product photos" site:website.com.

Click the "Edit" link beneath each WordPress post or page, which appears as long since you haven't logged out. The post or page editor opens. Highlight the link and click the "Link" button. Delete the old link, type or paste the Tumblr URL in its place and click "Save." Change the link text if desired.

Change any links to the old page in the sidebars of your website. To do this, go back to the WordPress dashboard, click "Appearance" in the left menu and then select "Widgets." Click on the widget that contains the link, and replace it with the new link to your Tumblr page.

About the Author

A published author and professional speaker, David Weedmark has advised businesses and governments on technology, media and marketing for more than 20 years. He has taught computer science at Algonquin College, has started three successful businesses, and has written hundreds of articles for newspapers and magazines throughout Canada and the United States.